On Monday night, it felt strange to see a formerly grungy star perform in a theater with plush red seats. Lavish curlicues decorated several box seats above me, and the pre-show music was classical, at least until the playlist switched to rock. I tried not to feel out of place in such an elegant environment.…

I’ve been to a good number of shows at the Fitzgerald Theater, but it’s a rare artist that will cause the audience to stand at attention and crush their bodies against the stage starting an hour before the concert begins. However, when Morrissey comes to town (after cancelling three prior shows), no one in the…

Let's join in the Bastille Day celebrations by listening to music by French artists for today's Coffee Break. What songs by French artists do you want to hear? Send us your requests.

The Cheapo Discs store that’s currently located on West Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis will move several blocks northeast, taking the space currently occupied by Payday America at Nicollet and 26th. Cheapo is vacating its current location to make way for a new mixed-use development. At 9,000 square feet, Cheapo’s new location will be less than…

Former Twin Cities resident Kimberly Hanson recalls her first Morrissey concert, a 1992 gig at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis that ended rather abruptly. “I was new to Morrissey music at the time, so it was this perfect life and concert experience of who he is,” she says, ”and I’ll never forget it.” Hanson, who…

As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft readies to fly past dwarf-planet Pluto on the fringes of our solar system, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention the planets or name-check planets? Send us your requests.

Tame Impala display great agility on their third album, 'Currents,' offering up psychedelic music that's not only trippy and dreamy, but also easy to dance to.

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie have responded to their Runaways bandmate Jackie Fuchs‘s statement that she was raped, at a 1975-6 New Year’s party, by the band’s manager Kim Fowley while Jett, Currie, and several others were in the room. The Huffington Post article in which Fuchs’s story appeared states that “Currie claims that she spoke up and stormed out of…

Huge news for Minneapolis singer-songwriter Frankie Lee: he’s signed with Loose, the London-based label that’s home to Justin Townes Earle and Sturgill Simpson. No release plans have yet been announced, but everyone seems pretty happy about it: Lee tweeted a photo of himself signing the contract, and the label posted a teaser for Frankie’s recent video…

It's midway through the year, the forecast calls for 'smokin' hot' ... so let's have Christmas in July! For today's Coffee Break, what Yuletide tunes do you want to hear? Send us your requests.